November 18, 2013This Side That Side – Restorying Partition

This one is a long overdue post, but I was waiting for my copy of the book to arrive. Released at the end of August – This Side That Side is an anthology of graphic narratives on Partition from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh; published by Yoda Press and Goethe Institut Delhi, curated by Vishwajyoti Ghosh. It feels great to be one among the 47 writers and illustrators to have contributed to this book. Karachi-Delhi Katha written by Sonya Fatah was the piece I illustrated. 14 pages of comic art made with glass marker pencil and white rotring pen deal with the dilemmas of a Hindu family living in Pakistan and a Bangladeshi maid trying to settle in Delhi.